I looked at it again. The white ceiling. The odour was as strong as the sterile room that clung to the memory.
"Count!" I even still hear his voice, whipping loudly and unforgivingly.
I shuddered, helpless, and cringed. "1 ... 2... 3 ..." I even repeated it when I was about to run.
If it was still sunny out there, people might have started giving me strange looks and becoming the centre of attention.
I guess that's the reason why I chose to visit at night, and also probably hoped that at any time she'd let her guard down.
Being called a visitor also feels strange, and too familiar. On the other hand, the thought of being with her makes me sick to my stomach.
This was a relationship that came about because of a strange compulsion. At that time I had no choice.
I was just a child whose childhood was deprived, chained, and devastated by a se
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Black Friday is symbolic of tragedy. To be honest, I don't know the original origin of the term. People tell stories, news of something terrible spreads, and suddenly it's widespread. Normalised. Considered part of an irrational tradition that hasn't even been empirically tested. I guess that's how a myth is formed.I don't believe in myths.However, the myth is now a reality.From the window of my house, I anxiously looked out.On an old Harley Davidson motorbike whose maroon paint had mostly faded, sat the person I really didn't want to see when I was about to greet the morning.Silas. Or Darren. Or whatever his stupid name is, depending on which story you believe.Actually, Elena had warned me last night on that last thrilling phone ring. "As we are now bound in a professional partnership, we sincerely hope you can make yourself comfortable with our other partner, Mr McKane. Disputes are unproductive, and we're both trying to avoid that, surely?"Elena actually knew about the hist
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It's a netode that makes sense. "So you initiated it, all this?""Uh, yes.""Are you some kind of representative or something?"Silas laughed. "You're kind of green on the street, deputy?" The young man patted my shoulder in a familiar manner, which I brushed off sarcastically.Oh well. Okay. That's an embarrassing statement. I don't know the organisational structure of a group of thugs (after all, who does?).Silas realised my discomfort, I think. "Sorry, yes. For that, and for what came before."Huh? "I don't understand.""That must have offended you. But, we work for the same people now, you should understand." Silas' hand landed on my shoulder again. "And also close to the same person."I winced.A grin rose on Silas's lips that resembled the curl of a pierced worm (if that was possible). "You heard about me from Susan."That statement made my eyes widen, though it wasn't actually that surprising.Earlier, together with Precise, I had already calculated that this would happen soon
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